What’s on the other side of a black hole? That’s one of the biggest mysteries in space science! Black holes are super strong gravity pits, so once anything crosses the "event horizon" (their point of no return), it gets pulled in and can’t escape—not even light. Scientists think that matter inside a black hole might get squished into a tiny, dense point called a "singularity." Some theories suggest there could be a "white hole" on the other side that spits out what black holes take in, or even a wormhole that leads to a different part of the universe. But since nothing can escape a black hole, we can’t actually peek inside. Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me
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00:00Black holes. An enigma that has puzzled scientists and captivated our imagination for decades.
00:07But what's hiding inside of a black hole?
00:10Is it a void? A bottomless pit? A parallel universe?
00:14We don't know for sure yet.
00:16But scientists might have some ideas. So let's hear them out.
00:22Picture this. In the vastness of space, there's a supermassive star,
00:27shining bright like a diamond.
00:29But like all good things, this star's party can't last forever.
00:33Eventually, it runs out of fuel and goes out with a bang.
00:37Quite literally, the star collapses under its own gravity, creating an implosion.
00:45Now, this collapse is so intense that it creates a bottomless pit in space, like a sinkhole.
00:52This is what we call a black hole.
00:54The ultimate no-escape zone, sucking up everything in its vicinity, including light.
01:03Imagine yourself approaching a black hole.
01:05The black hole itself doesn't emit any light.
01:08But you can notice a dazzling display of cosmic fireworks surrounding it.
01:13The accretion disk.
01:15It's like a celestial carousel of gas and dust,
01:18swirling in a mesmerizing dance around the black hole.
01:22The incredible gravitational forces pull all this material from their surroundings,
01:27creating this celestial furnace.
01:31Of course, it's very unlikely that you would have survived in this place.
01:36Temperatures here soar to millions of degrees.
01:39Also, it's constantly dazzling X-rays and high-energy radiation
01:44that can be detected from telescopes on Earth.
01:48But let's imagine that you did survive, somehow.
01:52As you get closer, you notice a mysterious boundary looming ahead.
01:56The event horizon.
01:58It's a point of no return, beyond which the laws of physics seem to go haywire.
02:04Now you're stuck in a space traffic jam.
02:06And no matter how hard you hit the gas, you're going nowhere.
02:10Once you cross this threshold, not even light can escape.
02:15And now, you inevitably fall into a black hole.
02:19What do you see around you?
02:23According to the genius physicist Albert Einstein,
02:26space and time aren't separate entities,
02:29but rather intertwined in a fabric called space-time.
02:33It's like a cosmic trampoline that can stretch and bend
02:37if you place something heavy on it.
02:39And black holes are super heavy.
02:42Which is why they distort this trampoline in the most extreme way possible.
02:48So, when you venture close to a black hole,
02:51you're in for a roller coaster ride.
02:53The curvature of space-time becomes so intense
02:56that it's like a whirlpool pulling everything in.
02:59Even light itself.
03:01Everything around you looks like a space funhouse
03:04with distorted colors and rays of light that keep shifting.
03:08All this makes you feel like you're doing the moonwalk
03:11on a treadmill.
03:15Also, the curvature of space-time around a black hole
03:18is so extreme that it creates a phenomenon called time dilation.
03:23Time near a black hole moves at a different pace
03:26than in the rest of the universe.
03:28The closer you are to the black hole,
03:30the slower time ticks, like a slow-motion effect.
03:36And the deeper you fall, the weirder things get.
03:40The laws of physics seem to break down before your very eyes.
03:44But suppose you somehow manage to survive all this madness.
03:48Where exactly are you falling?
03:50What awaits you on the other side?
03:52Is there even an other side?
03:57As you venture deeper into the celestial maelstrom,
04:00you reach an elusive and mysterious point called the singularity.
04:05It's the heart of a black hole.
04:07A place where all matter and energy
04:10are crushed into a single unimaginably dense point.
04:14Imagine cramming masses of entire stars
04:17to something that is essentially a pinprick.
04:22And now that you're here, forget about the usual rules of physics.
04:26Welcome to a new realm,
04:28where the known breaks down and the unknown takes over.
04:34So, what does this unknown look like?
04:38Well, there are a couple of theories.
04:42First off, it could be a gateway to other dimensions.
04:46What if there are multiple universes hiding within black holes,
04:49like nesting dolls?
04:51According to this theory,
04:53the interior of a black hole could be a portal to a parallel universe
04:57with its own set of physical laws and possibilities.
05:01This parallel universe could be drastically different from our own world.
05:05What a mind-bending idea!
05:09Or what about wormholes?
05:11Imagine black holes forming a space subway system,
05:15connecting different regions of space and time with each other.
05:19These theories suggest
05:21that the extreme gravitational pull of a black hole
05:24could create a wormhole,
05:26a tunnel that could transport you to another galaxy,
05:30or even to the past or future.
05:33It's like finding a secret passage in a video game.
05:38That's not all.
05:40Some scientists propose that inside a black hole,
05:43we might find some exotic matter,
05:45some strange matter with weird properties,
05:48or negative energy density.
05:50If that's the case,
05:52this would defy our understanding of the universe.
05:56And finally, one of the most mind-bending theories
06:00is that a black hole could actually lead to a white hole.
06:06Imagine as you fall further,
06:08you suddenly find yourself in a blindingly bright space show.
06:12You're in a white hole.
06:14This is a fountain that's spewing out matter, energy,
06:17and information into the universe with reckless abandon.
06:21The birthplace of new universes.
06:25You see, while black holes are known for their event horizon,
06:29white holes have an anti-event horizon.
06:32With black holes, everything can enter,
06:35and nothing can come out.
06:37With white holes, it's the other way around.
06:40They repel everything.
06:43White holes are hypothetical objects.
06:46Their existence hasn't yet been proven.
06:48But if it turns out that they exist,
06:51they could be connected to black holes.
06:53It makes sense.
06:54Black holes suck everything in.
06:56And white holes should take their matter from somewhere.
07:00And all this matter and energy coming out of the white hole
07:04could potentially form new universes.
07:07Together with black holes,
07:09they could form a universal cycle of creation.
07:12The end of one universe leads to the birth of another.
07:18All these theories are beautiful and fascinating.
07:21But here's the catch.
07:23There's still no concrete evidence of any of them.
07:28Black holes still remain one of the biggest mysteries of our world.
07:32Unfortunately, studying these mysterious beasts isn't easy.
07:38They're super elusive.
07:40And this is one of the biggest challenges for scientists.
07:43Black holes don't emit light,
07:45so they can't be seen directly.
07:47They're essentially invisible to telescopes that rely on light,
07:51making them incredibly difficult to observe.
07:54That's why scientists have to rely on things like X-ray emissions,
07:58the effects of a black hole's gravity on nearby objects,
08:01and other clues.
08:04They're also very unpredictable.
08:07For black holes, physics is like a fun playground.
08:11They warp space and time around them,
08:14which makes it difficult to predict and understand their behavior.
08:19But don't worry, space enthusiasts.
08:21The future of research in this field is as promising as ever.
08:25We've already made incredible discoveries.
08:28For example, in 2019,
08:30we captured the first-ever direct image of a black hole.
08:34This is a central black hole of the galaxy Messier 87.
08:38A few years later,
08:39we also took a photo of a black hole in the center of our own galaxy,
08:43the Milky Way.
08:45This one is called Sagittarius A-star.
08:48All this has opened up new avenues for research.
08:53And these aren't the only cool things we've discovered in recent years.
08:57Let's take gravitational waves, for example.
09:00You know how rocks leave ripples after falling into water?
09:04Well, gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space-time.
09:08They carry clues about the most cataclysmic events in the universe.
09:12They've allowed us to listen to the universe,
09:15unveiling previously hidden phenomena and events.
09:19And all these observations provide us with a new way to study black holes.
09:26We constantly make new advancements in technology.
09:30The James Webb Space Telescope will provide us with even more detailed observations
09:35and insights into the mysteries of black holes.
09:39There's still so much we don't know.
09:42But that's the beauty of science,
09:44the thrill of the unknown,
09:46and the curiosity that drives us to explore the mysteries of the universe.
09:51So, let's keep peering into the cosmic abyss
09:54on the thrilling quest to unlock the secrets of our world.
10:00That's it for today.
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